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David Lawrence Kirby (December 6, 1957 – May 5, 1990) [1] was an American HIV/AIDS activist, and the subject of a photograph taken at his deathbed by Therese Frare. The image was published in Life magazine, [2] which called it the "picture that changed the face of AIDS".
Faces of Death (later re-released as The Original Faces of Death) is a 1978 American mondo horror film written and directed by John Alan Schwartz, credited under the pseudonyms "Conan Le Cilaire" and "Alan Black" respectively. [3] [4]
Other HIV storytellers say Zamora's life is a testament on how art can be a vessel to destigmatize the virus. But more work needs to be done. "I was 13 years old when I first watched Pedro on The ...
Kimberly Ann Bergalis (January 19, 1968 – December 8, 1991) was an American woman who was one of six patients purportedly infected with HIV by dentist David J. Acer, who was infected with HIV and died of AIDS on September 3, 1990.
Opinion: In the U.S., we are fortunate to have easy access to free testing and medications to prevent and combat HIV-AIDS. Forty years ago, AIDS was a death sentence. Not today, but HIV is still a ...
The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) [8] [9] [10] is a retrovirus [11] that attacks the immune system.It is a preventable disease. [5] It can be managed with treatment and become a manageable chronic health condition. [5]
At a time when HIV was still seen as a death sentence, Magic Johnson shocked the world by announcing he was infected. But the bigger shock may have been what happened next. In Episode 9 of "Binge ...
Pedro Zamora was a Cuban American gay male who contracted HIV as a teenager, became an HIV activist, was a feature of MTV's television show The Real World, then died of AIDS at age 22 in 1994. [6] He is notable as being a major public figure who contracted HIV and whose everyday life was well-documented in mass media.